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{{short description|1975 film}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Cinema Paithiyam
| image = Cinema Paithiyam.jpg
| caption = VCD cover
| director = [[Muktha Srinivasan]]
| producer = A. L. Srinivasan
| writer = A. S. Pragasam
| screenplay = A. S. Pragasam
| story = [[Gulzar]]
| starring = [[Jayachitra]] [[Jaishankar]] [[Sowcar Janaki]] [[Major Sundarrajan]] [[Kamal Haasan]] [[Cho Ramaswamy|Cho]]
| music = [[Shankar–Ganesh]]
| cinematography = V. Selvaraj
| editing = V. P. Krishnan
| studio = A. L. S. Productions
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1975|01|31|df=y}}
| runtime = 152 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Cinema Paithiyam''''' ({{trans|[[Cinephilia|Cinephile]]}}) is a 1975 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[drama film]], directed by [[Muktha Srinivasan]]. The film features [[Jayachitra]], [[Jaishankar]] and [[Kamal Haasan]] in lead roles. The film was produced by A. L. Srinivasan under his A. L. S. Productions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cinema Paithiyam |url=http://cinema.pluz.in/movies/kollywood/27363/overview.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808050639/http://cinema.pluz.in/movies/kollywood/27363/overview.htm |archive-date=8 August 2014 |publisher=cinemapluz |accessdate=2014-07-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=7 May 2020 |title=மறக்க முடியுமா...? சினிமாப் பைத்தியம் |url=https://cinema.dinamalar.com/marakka-mudiyuma/87905/old-movies/Marakka-Mudiyuma-:-Cinema-Paithiyam.htm |access-date=25 August 2020 |website=[[Dinamalar]] |language=ta}}</ref> It is a remake of the Hindi film [[Guddi (1971 film)|''Guddi'']] (1971).<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 August 2013 |title=The common man's film maker |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2013/aug/27/The-common-mans-film-maker-510849.html |website=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref>

Actress [[Jayachitra]] later claimed in an interview that this film ran for 100 days at Devi-Sridevi Complex in [[Chennai]], and that "this was the first Tamil black-and-white film that ran for so long in that theater complex."<ref>[http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/featurearticles/retro_kalpana_1972_3.php Feature Articles : Retrospect : Kalpana (1977)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312033942/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/featurearticles/retro_kalpana_1972_3.php |date=12 March 2008 }}</ref>

== Plot ==
Jaya is a [[Cinephilia|cinephile]]. So obsessed is she with movies and the movie world, that she worships the popular film hero [[Jaishankar]], believing all that he portrays on screen, to be his real self. He becomes the ideal man of her dreams, and she even tattoos his name in her arm. Hell breaks loose when she refuses to marry Natarajan, the boy arranged by her brother and her sister-in-law. At his juncture, steps in her uncle, who takes it upon himself to show her the true world, by taking her on a trip around the real life of a star.

== Cast ==
'''Lead Actors'''

* [[Jaishankar]] as Jaishankar (himself)
* [[Jayachitra]] as Jaya
* [[Sowcar Janaki]] as Lakshmi
* [[Major Sundarrajan]] as Sivalingam
* [[Kamal Haasan]] as Nataraj<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rangan |first=Baradwaj |date=3 July 2015 |title=Papanasam: A faithful remake, a solid thriller |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/papanasam-movie-review/article7383788.ece |access-date=25 August 2020 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>
* [[Cho Ramaswamy]] as Ramani /Jaishankar's manager<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 December 2016 |title=Cho Ramaswamy passes away: Six films that immortalised the veteran Tamil political satirist |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/cho-ramaswamy-passes-away-six-films-that-immortalised-the-veteran-tamil-political-satirist-3143858.html |access-date=25 August 2020 |website=[[Firstpost]]}}</ref>
* [[V. K. Ramasamy (actor)|V. K. Ramasamy]] as Chidambaram / Lakshmi's uncle
* [[S. Varalakshmi]] as Teacher
* [[P. R. Varalakshmi]] as Kamala<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 April 2021 |title=''எங்க வீட்டுக்கு வந்துடுங்கன்னு எல்லாரும் கூப்பிடுறாங்க!'' – 'சுந்தரி' அப்பத்தா வரலட்சுமி |url=https://cinema.vikatan.com/television/sundari-serial-patti-actress-pr-varalakshmi-interview |access-date=15 May 2021 |website=[[Ananda Vikatan]] |language=ta}}</ref>
* [[Sachu]] as Pappa /Jaya's friend<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 May 2018 |title=Remembering Muktha Srinivasan |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/remembering-muktha-srinivasan/article24040621.ece |access-date=25 August 2020 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>
* [[Senthamarai (actor)|Senthamarai]] as himself
* [[R. Neelakantan|Neelu]] as Kadha kaalatchebam singer
* [[S. N. Parvathy]] as Teacher
* [[T. K. S. Natarajan]] as Bhoopathy<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 May 2021 |title=Veteran actor T K S Natarajan no more |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/veteran-actor-t-k-s-natarajan-no-more-982534.html |access-date=14 May 2021 |website=[[Deccan Herald]]}}</ref>

'''Guest Appearance'''
* [[Sivaji Ganesan]] as Actor Sivaji Ganesan / ([[Vanchinathan]])
* [[J. Jayalalithaa|Jayalalithaa]] as Actress Jayalalithaa / ([[Rani Mangammal]])
* [[K. Balaji]] as K. Balaji / ([[Robert Ashe (administrator)|Ashe Durai]])
* [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] as Ponnamma / Junior artist agent
* [[A. Sakunthala]] as Actress A. Sakunthala / Item Dance

'''Guest Director's'''
* [[A. Bhimsingh]] as himself
* [[P. Madhavan]] as himself
* [[C. V. Rajendran]] as himself

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[Sankar Ganesh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cinema Paithiyam Songs |url=http://www.inbaminge.com/t/c/Cinema%20Paithiyam/ |publisher=inbaminge |accessdate=2014-07-30}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics
|-
| 1 || "En Ullam Azhagana" || [[Vani Jairam]] || rowspan=3|[[Kannadasan]]
|-
| 2 || "Naan Ariyatha" || [[T. M. Soundararajan]]
|-
| 3 || "I Will Sell My Beauty" || [[L. R. Eswari]]
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|1492769}}
{{Muktha Srinivasan}}

[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1975 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Muktha Srinivasan]]
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Hindi films]]

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>Kailash29792 at 06:43, 4 June 2021